On Sat, Jun 24, 2017 at 07:05:11AM -0700, Eric Rescorla wrote:
> i mentioned it here, but perhaps it's not clear enough.
> 
> "If data can be replayed a large number of times, additional attacks
> become possible. Specifically, attackers can use multiple replays to
> exploit information leakage via side channels such as timing network
> caches or measuring the speed of cryptographic operations."
> 
> I've got some other comments to resolve Monday I'll try to get to this then,
> but I'd also welcome suggested text on the PR.

I understood that the cache probing attack requires much less replays
than the other side-channel ones. And furthermore, distributing the
replays among zones makes the attack easier (because replay with the
cached data hot doesn't tell that much).


-Ilari

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